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‘Saint’ Anne hit by a devil of a lawsuit

THE gilded Hollywood career of Anne Hathaway, the acclaimed star of films such as The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada, has been rocked by a multi-million-dollar lawsuit alleging that her Italian boyfriend helped to finance their globe-trotting lifestyle with "improper" use of corporate funds.

For the past three years Hathaway, 24, has attracted respect and admiration in Hollywood for her charitable efforts on behalf of a foundation established by her boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, 28, a property developer with close ties to the Catholic church.

Unlike some of her Hollywood contemporaries, Hathaway has never suffered any hostile publicity over her private life. A devout Christian, she spent part of last summer in Nicaragua and Honduras helping to vaccinate children against hepatitis on a Follieri Foundation programme.

Yet it emerged last week that a lawsuit filed by a prominent Californian investor accuses Follieri of "wilfully and systematically misappropriating" at least